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The expression ofCYP3A4 gene is induced by a variety of structurally unrelated xenobiotics including the antibiotic rifampicin, pregnenolone 16-carbonitrile (PCN), and endogenous hormones, that might mediate through steroid and xenobiotic receptor (SXR) system. The molecular mechanisms underlying regulation ofCYP3A4 gene expression have not been understood. In order to gain the insight of the molecular mechanism ofCYP3A4 gene expression, study has been undertaken to investigate if the histone deacetylation is involved in the regulation ofCYP3A4 gene expression by proximal promoter in human hepatoma HepG2 cells. Also we have investigated to see if SXR is involved in the regulation of CYP3A4 proximal promoter activity in human hepatoma HepG2 cells. HepG2 cells were transfected with a plasmidpCYP3A4-Luc containing~1 kb of theCYP3A4 proximal promoter region (-863 to +64 bp) in front of a reporter gene, luciferase, in the presence or absence of pSAP-SXR. In HepG2 cells, CYP3A4 inducers, such as rifampicin, PCN and RU486 showed minimal stimulation ofCYP3A4 proximal promoter activity in the absence of SXR and histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors. 4-Dimethylamino-N-[4-(2-hydroxycarbamoylvinyl)benzyl]benzamide (IN2001), a new class HDAC inhibitor significantly increasedCYP3A4 proximal promoter activity over untreated control cells and rifampicin concomitant treatment with IN2001 increased furtherCYP3A4 proximal promoter activity that was stimulated by IN2001. The results of this study demonstrated that both HDAC inhibitors and SXR are essential to increase ofCYP3A4 proximal promoter activity by CYP3A4 inducers such as PCN, rifampicin, and RU486. Especially SXR seems to be important for the dose dependent response of CYP3A4 inducing chemicals to stimulateCYP3A4 proximal promoter activity. Also this data suggested that HDAC inhibitors seemed to facilitate theCYP3A4 proximal promoter to be activated by chemicals.
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Kim, J.Y., Ahn, M.R., Kim, DK. et al. Histone deacetylase inhibitor stimulateCYP3A4 proximal promoter activity in hepg2 cells. Arch Pharm Res 27, 407–414 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02980082
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